I Like Thursday: All Sorts of Cookies

A quick little I Like post full of cookies to share with Lee Anna's I Like Thursday.

This year Thanksgiving weekend was focused on cookies.  I made cookie dough before Thanksgiving, baked cookies the day after Thanksgiving, then attended the family cookie swap party on Sunday.

I dusted off an ancient recipe for date filled cookies to swap.  I remember the cookies were always really big, so I worked to make three smaller rolls.  I had to make extra filling to accommodate the larger surface area - but they came out quite nicely.  The other goodies will be gifts - stuffed figs, caramels, berger cookies and white chocolate dipped ginger molasses cookies.

I sent my sister a photo of the dipped figs.  She texted me back:  "I picture you on a toboggan pulled by 12 flying guinea pigs trying to reach a carrot dangled in front of them tossing out little boxes of treats to the adoring masses."  Ha!  Maybe I need to do that for next year's card.
 

The family cookie party is always a festive affair.  Everyone makes such delicious cookies.  And then there's the gingerbread houses (my cousin brings the pieces and we get to assemble).  So many house building styles and decorating.  I asked for leftover pieces to decorate instead of a whole house.  They were as much fun to embellish and easier to bring home than the house.

So now I have a freezer full of cookies (although me and my piggy reindeer will be dispersing a bunch of them this week). 

One last cookie thing - Cake Wrecks always posts some spectacular ginger bread houses this time of year.  Enjoy!